Week 29 - Post holiday

This week has gone by so quickly that being away in San Marino now seems light years ago!!  

A little bit of post holiday blues threatened to take over, but once in the sunshine back in Abruzzo and sorting out my veggie plot, I soon settled back into my routine.

Moderating a lovely group of online students is keeping me busy, and battling the weeds inbetween is what I am spending time doing now.  In particular, the plot has been invaded by a rather pernicious weed called common purslane:

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I am handpicking each one individually as it is the only way to remove them forever.  Apparently just one weed can reproduce itself thousands of times if left in the soil, so I am up against a real monster weed, and total extermination is the only way out.  This is going to take time and a lot of patience.  You can eat this weed, but I don't really fancy trying it out, to be honest!!

Garden Pics
One of my favourite pots bought in Prague from a quirky shop, in the shape of a cat!  It now houses an ivy plant.  Sadly the other one I bought was broken by one of the furbies, but it is still usable.

This lovely garden light statue was a gift from my 2 sisters when I left UK to move to Abruzzo.  I love it!

That's it for this week - it's been really quiet!